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"Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable--together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two sisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide. Eventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relying on each other for strength in the midst of illness, death, and starvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive the darkest of times"--Provided by publisher.

In this memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.

In 1948, following World War II, eleven-year-old Anna, her mother, and older sister must flee Czechoslovakia after Russian Communists take over the government. Includes notes about the author's family history, on which the story is based.

Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

In an attempt to save his daughter's life, Eva's father sends her from Poland to a labor camp in Czechoslovakia where she and her sister survive the war.

When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death, based on a true story.

Documents the true story of a World War II Royal Air Force service dog who aided missions and survived close calls before saving the life of his closest human companion.

Martin Greenfield was taken from his Czechoslovakian home in 1944 at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family. There, Greenfield came face to face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and was divided forever from his parents, sisters, and baby brother. Greenfield remembers his desperation and fear as a teenager alone in the death camp--and how an SS soldier's torn shirt dramatically altered the course of his life. He learned how to sew and when he began wearing the shirt under his prisoner uniform, he learned that clothes possess great power and could even help save his life. From sweeping floors at a New York clothing factory, to founding America's premier custom suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now 86 years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of D.C. and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, celebrities Paul Newman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon, and the stars of Martin Scorsese's films.

Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

In October 1991, The American Boychoir traveled to Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) and performed the concert I Never Saw Another Butterfly composed by Charles Davidson. Ten years later, members of the 1991 Boychoir, as young men in their twenties reunited with survivors featured in the original documentary.